Solitaire Gas Station

The Namib Desert's isolated emporium. Freshly painted, it used to be some petrol chain, but they got rid of it. Who needs to pay someone else money when you are the only show in town for hundreds of kilometers?

Namibia Day 1 & 2: How bad is the Mainliner Bus?

December 23rd 2009
The internet is very slow right now, probably a countrywide issue in Zimbabwe. We leave the hotel at 11AM on one of the combi vans to yet again cross the border and get to the international bus terminal in Livingstone. It will be a while before we post again. Probably not until we reach Sesriem in Namibia. When we arrive in Windhoek tomorrow morning, most likely late, I have to walk over to th ... read more

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more

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